Critter News
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
But burning a store just 1) makes us into terrorists, 2) does nothing to stop the trade, 3) probably won't even stop the store because they'll get insurance money and reopen and 4) only feeds into sympathy for the industry and the business owners. Excerpted from Reuters. By oppressing innocent life, you've lost your rights.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
While I'm not a fan of using animal hearts for transplants, I'm far more sympathetic to that than to simply using their parts for human vanity consumption. But the seal industry doesn't care. They'll exploit anything to try to save their barbaric trade and, if they can use guilt, even better. Excerpted from the Chronicle-Herald.
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Critter News
AUGUST 9, 2010
Travers said, “We created this competition to boost fashion careers and honor independent designers who have compassion for animals and for the ethical and green fashion movement. Our hope is that these talented participants will help pave the way for a more ethical fashion industry in the future.”
Critter News
DECEMBER 21, 2011
Russia does have its own seal hunt, but apparently they banned killings of animals under one year old. Russia has been the biggest market for the Canadian seal fur industry. And harp seals are the prime source of that fur. Excerpted from the Globe and Mail.
Animal Person
DECEMBER 1, 2009
I've always thought of horse-drawn carriages the way I think about greyhound racing or fur: Most people are against them, so why are they still around? The Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages calls itself "an animal rights-protection-abolitionist organization," which I find interesting. What do you think about the description?
10,000 Birds
JULY 23, 2014
People have moved useful plants and animals around with them as long as they had the wit to do so. So that New Zealand would end up with quite a few species of animal not originally found here is hardly surprising of itself. Brush-tailed Possums were brought from Australia to help start a fur industry.
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 17, 2011
Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience. Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors. Waterfall Dances: Do animals have spiritual experiences?
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